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ENGLISH-5

Grade 5 English Course Outline

This class follows the Common Core State Standards for 5th grade English.

Students in this class are required to read at least 30 minutes every day and to turn in a reading log to show their time spent reading. They are also required to write 10 different book reports in an effort to encourage reading and writing about stories. In each of the 18 chapters students will receive two vocabulary lessons, learn about grammar, practice reading different types of literature, and learn skills to be a good writer. Students will learn how to make inferences, read context clues, and read to learn information. To improve their writing skills students will learn how to express opinions, write letters, use literary devices, and use word relationships in poetry. Students will practice comparing and contrasting similar texts.

The goal of this class it to make each student a better reader and a better writer.

Course Outline

Introduction

Resources

Handout: Reading Log (Word)

Handout: Reading Log (PDF)

Handout: Reading Log (Excel)

Handout: Book Report (Biography)

Handout: Book Report (Nonfiction)

Handout: Book Report (Fiction)

Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Word Web

Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Graphic Organizer

Handout: Pre-writing Tool: Storyboard

Handout: Story Map (Turtle)

Handout: What Good Readers Do Overview

Handout: The Writing Process

Course Description

Understanding Plagiarism

Pretest

Assignment: Pretest

Course Links

Vocabulary Introduction

Grammar Introduction

Reading Introduction

Writing Introduction

Speaking and Listening Introduction

MLA Formatting MSWord 2007

MLA Documentation updates

MLA Citation

MLA Incorporating Sources

Grammar Basics, Good Reading Skills and Idea Book

Nouns, Predictions, Good Writing Skills

Pronouns, Protagonist and Antagonist, Writing Process

Verbs, Visualize, Writing Process

Subject and Predicates, Characters, Opinions

Noun Phrases, Prepositions, Reading to Learn, Research

Adjectives, Inferences, Context Clues

Adverbs, Asking Questions, Legends

Commas, Dialogue, Text Connections, Writer’s Workshop

Subordinators, Clauses, Predictions, Letter Writing

Prepositions, Contractions, Interjections, Important Idea

Roots, Affixes, Summarization

Researching, Focusing, Outlining, Reporting

Poetry and Word Relationships

Titles, Themes, Literary Devices

Compare and Contrasting Texts

Reading and Writing Fiction